Weekly Information - Friday 16th September 2022
Please be reminded that school will be closed on Monday 19th September, for the Bank Holiday in respect of HM The Queen's State Funeral.
School will be open as normal on Tuesday 20th September.
Dear Parents/Carers,
Communication between school and parents has come a long way, with letters etc increasingly giving way to faster, multi-channel electronic communications via email and various online platforms and apps. It is therefore very important that the school have your current email contact details and we encourage all parents to download both the Schoolzine and Go4Schools Apps.
Schoolzine App
The Schoolzine App has useful links, including the news feed, newsletters and school calendar and will also enable parents to receive messages via the App (push notifications). Please visit the link below for instructions on how to download SZapp. It is vital that you do engage with this form of communication as we do not send paper copies of any communication home and rely on these push notification as well as email.
Go4Schools
Go4Schools is our online platform whereby you can view important information regarding student timetables, homework, behaviour, attendance and student progress and reports. Information about how to log into Go4Schools can be found on this link:
Go4Schools App
Again, if you have not already downloaded the Go4Schools App, there is a link below to their website where you can find details. The App should make use of the system far easier. At present you can only see information regarding student timetables, homework, attendance and behaviour, although other information is under development.
Weekly Information for Parents
We send out a weekly link to information for parents. This is normally sent on Friday each week by email and push notification to the Schoolzine App. Each message is tagged with the relevant year group, so you can navigate easily through and read only messages relevant to your child.
Parent Evening Appointments
Parents evenings will once again be completed remotely during this acadmic year using our ‘SchoolCloud’ system. Appointments will be made online by parents and you will be notified, by email and push notification, when the booking system for your child’s parents evening is open.
Website
Finally, don’t forget to regularly visit www.jths.co.uk for information, including all our latest news. You will also find links to access the above Apps and to ParentPay.
Social Media
We have a Twitter (@johntaylorhigh) and Facebook page (John Taylor High School Newsfeed) that are platforms for sharing information only
We have been asked to remind students and parents that the Barton Lodge Residential area is private land and not to gather in this area or walk through as the residents are very uncomfortable about people gathering outside of their properties. Thank you for your co-operation.
Parking at Barton Bowls Club
We would like to inform parents that with immediate effect the car park at Barton Bowls & Social Club is now off limits to traffic outside of their trading hours (4pm to 11pm Mon to Fri) and therefore parents are asked not to use this when dropping off/collecting their children from school. We understand barriers will be in force shortly.
Thank you for your understanding.
Mrs Cochrane
Headteacher
Dear parents/carers,
Please find attached a letter outlining the Year 7 Residential Opportunity to the Outward Bound Trust centre in Aberdovey, Wales.
I have recorded a short video outlining a little more about the trip that you can watch here:
and a video of our previous visit that shows what the students will experience can be seen here:
John Taylor High School - Year 7 Residential to Outward Bound Aberdovey 2020 - YouTube
Please do contact me directly if you have questions. Due to my role in school, email communication would be preferred in the first instance.
Best wishes,
Mr Simmons
Trip Leader
Are you aged 16 to 25? Living, studying or working in Burton upon Trent or Newcastle under Lyme?
If so, we have a fantastic volunteer opportunity for you with Staffordshire Libraries’ project ‘Be Your Health’ between October 2022 and March 2023.
We want to find out what problems you have with finding, understanding and using health and wellbeing information and services and to develop a toolkit with you to help young adults find the information they need to make positive changes to health and wellbeing for themselves, their family, friends and wider community.
If you are interested, and can spare a couple of hours each month to take part in group sessions either in person or online, please email [email protected] to find out more.
If you are under 18, please copy an adult into the email.
In return for your help you will
- receive a Certificate of Volunteering detailing skills you have developed as part of the project
- take a free 1 hour online accredited qualification in Health Literacy with the NHS which you can add to your CV
- be provided with refreshments at face to face sessions and reimbursed for any travel costs incurred to take part (travel tickets or fuel receipts will be needed as proof)